Boot-strap



(No Model.)

J. B. BELOHER.

BOOT STRAP.

Patented July 18, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. .BELGHER, OF CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN.

BOOT-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,125, dated July 18,1882.

Application filed June 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN B. BELOHER, ofCharlotte, in the county of Eaton and State of Michigan, have invented anew and Improved Boot-Strap; and the following, when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference markedthereon, is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and whichsaid drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view of a bootleg provided with my improvedstraps; Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the two parts and their arrangementpreparatory to applying to the boot-leg.

This invention relates to an improvement in boot-straps, with specialreference to indiarubber boots, the object being to make a double metalstrap having great durability, and which shall be neat in appearance andvery simple. 7

It consists of a metallic strap or double loop provided with a holder orattaching-strap, constructed and arranged as herein described.

The metal portion A is made with its top part forming a donbleloop, ofconvenient size for the insertion of two fingers, while its lowerportion may be thinner and sufficiently light, as represented in Fig. 2.

The attaching-strap B is a piece of strong cloth covered with a coatingof rubber or combination of rubber and fabric of required dimensions,which is then slit at its center to about twothirds its length, as shownin Fig. 3. The two long ends are then passed through and placed aroundthe lower part of double loop A, as in Fig. 4. The strap thus completedis attached to the boot by being placed between the boot and itslining,or in the usual manner of attaching straps to rubber boots, with theround top portion of double loop A only extending above the top of theboot.

It will be understood that the material of which the attaching-strap Bis composed is of such a nature or prepared so that it will adhere tothe parts of the boot-leg, and so that the usual vulcanizing processvwill cause the attachment to become permanent. This construction makesthe strap simple and ofa more durable character than a double strap madeof rubber or fabric.

I claim The double metallic loop A and attachingstrap B, prepared andarranged'as described, and adapted to be applied to a rubber-boot leg,in the manner herein set forth.

JOHN B. BELOHER.

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JOHN 0. FILE, L. 0. SMITH.

